Physical Intelligence
Recruiter, Hardware
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years of full-cycle recruiting; substantial hardware recruiting experience is requested.
About the job
Own end-to-end recruiting across hardware engineering, manufacturing, factory, and fleet roles, partnering with hardware leaders to build Physical Intelligence’s robotics team.
What you'll do
- Source and close candidates for roles spanning mechanical, electrical, firmware, controls, manufacturing, NPI, test, supply chain, and technician work.
- Design role-specific interview processes and closing strategies with hiring managers.
- Build hardware recruiting pipelines and share recruiting tools, playbooks, and referrals across the team.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of full-cycle recruiting, with substantial hardware hiring at companies that ship physical products.
- A usable network of hardware candidates for open roles.
- Fluency across hardware design engineering and factory/fleet hiring.
- Analytical rigor in evaluating recruiting funnel and offer data.
Nice to have
- Built or scaled a hardware recruiting function, hired technicians or factory teams at volume, or led senior hardware searches.
- Recruited at robotics, AV, drone, aerospace, or consumer electronics companies; familiarity with AI-powered recruiting tools and automation workflows.
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